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  2. Photography - Wikipedia

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    Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct ...

  3. Fine-art photography - Wikipedia

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    Fine-art photography is photography created in line with the vision of the photographer as artist, using photography as a medium for creative expression. The goal of fine-art photography is to express an idea, a message, or an emotion. This stands in contrast to representational photography, such as photojournalism, which provides a documentary ...

  4. History of photography - Wikipedia

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    Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right). The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light [2]. There are no artifacts or descriptions that indicate any ...

  5. Visual arts - Wikipedia

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    Visual arts. The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, comics, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines, such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts, also involve aspects of the visual arts, as well as arts of other types.

  6. Fine art - Wikipedia

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    Western art (or Classical) music is a performing art frequently considered to be fine art. Origami – The last century has witnessed a renewed interest in understanding the behavior of folding matter with contributions from artists and scientists. Origami is different from other arts: while painting requires the addition of matter, and ...

  7. List of art media - Wikipedia

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    Cutout animation. Drawn-on-film animation. Stop motion. Live action. Puppet film. Video art. Single-channel video. Video installation. Film, as a form of mass communication, is itself also considered a medium in the sense used by fields such as sociology and communication theory (see also mass media).

  8. Photograph - Wikipedia

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    A modern-day photograph of an Icelandic landscape, captured on a personal camera. A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip.

  9. Photography and the law - Wikipedia

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    The intellectual property rights on photographs are protected in different jurisdictions by the laws governing copyright and moral rights. In some cases photography may be restricted by civil or criminal law. Publishing certain photographs can be restricted by privacy or other laws. Photography can be generally restricted in the interests of ...